Open AccessHistological outcome of chronic hepatitis B in children treated with interferon alpha
Author(s) -
Sobaniec-Lotowska Maria Elzbieta,
Lebensztejn Dariusz Marek
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v11.i45.7179
Subject(s) - fibrosis , medicine , gastroenterology , alpha interferon , histology , chronic hepatitis , inflammation , stage (stratigraphy) , interferon , pathology , immunology , virus , biology , paleontology
To evaluate the effect of interferon alpha (IFN-alpha) treatment on the liver histology in children with chronic hepatitis B and to evaluate the usefulness of various histological scoring systems of liver histology in this group of patients.